July 30, 2007
SAN DIEGO - San Diego State men's basketball head coach Steve Fisher announced Monday that assistant coach Gregg Gottlieb has accepted a position with the California Golden Bears men's basketball program. Gottlieb will join Cal's staff as an assistant coach under head coach Ben Braun.
"Gregg was one of our original hires here and he has been with us for the last eight seasons," Fisher said. "He has grown steadily into an extremely loyal, valuable and important asset to San Diego State basketball. We are happy for him and his wife, Mandy, and sad for us. He will be a wonderful asset to Coach Braun and the California program. We wish him well."
Gottlieb, who also served as SDSU's recruiting coordinator, spent eight seasons on Montezuma Mesa, including the last five years as an assistant on Fisher's staff. Before becoming an Aztec assistant in the summer of 2002, Gottlieb was San Diego State's director of basketball operations for three seasons.
Prior to his arrival at SDSU, Gottlieb was an assistant coach at Cal Poly for two years where he helped the Mustangs improve their victory total from one win the year before his arrival, to 16 victories in the 1995-96 campaign. Following his stint in San Luis Obispo, Gottlieb moved on to Sacramento State where he served as an assistant for two seasons from 1997-99 before joining San Diego State's staff.
Before becoming a coach, Gottlieb played basketball at Drake and earned two varsity letters. After his playing career, Gottlieb received his undergraduate degree from UCLA in 1995 and earned his M.B.A. from Cal Poly in 1997.
"I had an incredible eight years at San Diego State with Coach Fisher and the entire staff," Gottlieb said. "I am proud of everything we accomplished. It was a hard decision to make because of the tremendous loyalty I have to San Diego State and the men's basketball program."